When products that contain mercury are thrown away, they end up at landfills, incinerators or waste water treatment plants where the mercury can enter the environment. Many cities and towns collect mercury-containing items at their household unsafe waste collection centers or one-day events.
Never touch or vacuum spilled mercury. For cleanup and disposal ideas. Mercury occurs in deposits all around the world mostly as cinnabar mercuric sulfide , which source of the red pigment vermilion, and is generally obtained by reduction from cinnabar. Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, and other scientific apparatus, though concerns about the component's toxicity have led on to mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers being principally retired in clinical environments in favor of alcohol-filled, digital, or thermostat-based instruments.
It remains in use in a number of alternative ways in scientific and scientific research applications, and in amalgam material for dental restoration. It is used in lighting ; electricity passed through mercury vapor in a phosphor tube produces short-wave ultraviolet light which then causes the phosphor to fluoresce, making plain light.
Many cities and towns collect mercury-containing items at their household hazardous waste collection centers or one-day events. If you spill mercury or break a mercury-containing item, don't touch the mercury. Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October Thursday 14 October Chemistry World 's Fred Campbell on the uses and abuses of element number 80, Quick silver, otherwise known as mercury.
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Transcript : Chemistry in its element: mercury Promo You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World , the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. End promo Chris Smith Hello! Fred Campbell Could a man walk across a swimming pool filled with mercury? Chris Smith Chemistry World 's Fred Campbell on the uses and abuses of element number 80, Quick silver, otherwise known as mercury.
Adina Payton The first thing most people think about when this element is mentioned is barium enema or barium swallow, sickly memories often surface off the radiology clinic, where the nice nurse asked you, 'what flavour would you like, strawberry or banana'.
Chris Smith A hard act to swallow, you could say, but thankfully a very digestible account of barium. Promo Chemistry in its element is brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry and produced by thenakedscientists.
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